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The Economic Growth Minister is making it easier for New Zealand businesses to win government contracts.
Nicola Willis is scrapping 24 requirements in the Government's procurement rule book, including a requirement for the company to pay cleaning, catering, and security staff a living wage.
She's also adding a new economic benefit test.
Willis told Mike Hosking they're encouraging agencies to not just choose the cheapest option.
She says they want the billions of dollars the government spends on these contracts to generate jobs, incomes, and economic benefits.
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